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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Emergency Committee for Israel
Emergency Committee for Israel
stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate:
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 30, 2012 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 10, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
False
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 in a Spanish-language television ad:
College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on September 19, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 in remarks in Atlanta:
"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 in a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser:
The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser:
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2012
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